Improvement in saw-bench rests



@.MooR'E. Saw-Bnch Rest.

NO. 133,661. l. Patented Dec. 3,1872.

STATES ERVIN'MOORE7 OF GOFFSTOWN, NEW" HAMPSHIRE.

IMPROVEMENT iN SAW-BENCH RESTS.

To all whom it may concern l Beit known that I, ERVIN MOORE, of Gotistown, in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented an Improvement in Saw-Bench Rests; and-I do hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawing which accompanies and forms part of this specification, is a description of my invention sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to practice it.

My invention relates to the construction of a saw-bench restwith reference to provision for adjustment of the rest forward and back and at verticaland lateral angles.

In my' invention I hinge the rest to the front end of a" slide, which slide has a tenonpiece under it that enters a guide groove or mortise in the top of the bench. The rest is pivoted, at or near its bottom edge, to the slide, and has extending from its top aswin ging bar, having a slot through which passes a screw carrying a clamp-nut, by loosening which nut the rest may be brought to any vertical angle desired for sawing stui' on a bevel, the rest being held fast in position by turning the clamp-nut down against the slotted bar. Instead of being hinged directly to the slide, the bar is hinged to a plate resting upon the slide, and held by a vertical pivot, screw, or pin, and through ears in the slidepiece opposite horizontal set-screws extend, the inner ends of said screws abutting against the opposite edges of the pivot-plate and holding theplate in position. By slacking i either of the screws, the rest may be turned horizontally to set it parallel to the saw, the other screw being thenlfed up to the plate to hold the rest firmly in the position to which it is brought. Through the slide, to which the rest `is attached or connected, and its tenon a vertical spindle extends, and on the foot of this spindle is a cam or eccentric,

eral provisions for adjusting and fastening the rest.

The drawing represents a rest embodying the invention. Y

A shows a plan of the rest; B, asectional elevation; C, a cross-section, showing the clamping cam-face.

a denotes the top surface of the bench or table, or a piece let into said top.' b denotes the slide, having a tongue or tenon, c, fitting and sliding in a groove or mortise, d, opening from the surface a'. e denotes the rest, Aconsisting of a long straight-faced strip, against which the stuff is held to present it to the saw. From the back ofthe rest extend ears f, supported on a horizontal pivot, g, passing through the front part of a plate, h, the rest turning on this pivot to-bring it to any 4vertical angle desired; and to the upper part of the rest is jointed a bar, c', having a slot, k, through which passes the top of a vertical screw-pin, Z, carrying a clamp-nut, m, the bar,

and with it the rest, being clamped in posi- Vtion by the nut. The plate h rests on the top of the slide b, and is confined thereto by a screw or pin, n, upon which pin the-plate can swing horizontally.` Through two ears, o p, pass set-screws q r, the inner ends of which, strikin gl against a the opposite edges of the plate, hold it in position, such position being regulated and determined by opposite movements of the respective set-screws. When the screws are loosened, the position of the rest may be changed so as to adjust its face perfectly parallel to the plane of the saw, the setscrews being brought up against the opposite edges of the plate when the rest is in correct position.

as to bind tightly and lock the slide firmly in position.

By these provisions the rest maybe adjust ed in every way desirable and with great ease. I do not claim, as a means for lateral ads denotes the vertical slide-clamp spindle passing through a bearing, t, and the justment, a single screw passing through a slot in the plate.

I claim- 1. The plate h, pivot g, and setscrews q r, on opposite sides of the plate, for adjusting the rest; with reference to the plane of the saw, and locking it at both sides, substantially as shown and described.

2. In combination with the slide b, the spindle s, and its cani or eccentric u, for confining the slide in position, substantially as described.

ERVIN MOORE.

Witnesses CHARLES H. BARNARD, OBEN MOORE. 

